BOUND BROOK — Authorities are offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest of a Bound Brook man wanted in connection with a shooting on Monday at his apartment building.

Crime Stoppers of Somerset County Inc. is offering the reward as detectives continue searching for Javier Omar Hernandez, 24, according to a news release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.

Hernandez has been accused of firing a gun at a 32-year-old woman during a verbal argument at about 8:20 a.m. Monday at their Talmage Avenue building, authorities said. Hernandez lives on the first floor and the woman lives on the second floor, authorities said.

During the argument, Hernandez left his apartment with a handgun and began waving and pointing it at the woman before firing one shot in her direction, authorities said. The woman was not struck, but was transported to an area hospital for observation, authorities said.

Hernandez has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and unlawful possession of a weapon.

The prosecutor’s office said Hernandez is known to visit the towns of Bound Brook, Somerville, and Manville.

Anyone who knows the whereabouts of Hernandez is asked to contact the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477) or online at www.888577tips.org or www.scpo.net and click on either “Crime Stoppers” or “TIPS HOTLINE”.